Me, Id like heavy pearlsEnamelled black pearlsTo be dumb, and almost deafSo that youd soothe me with wordsWords which resemble the seaWords that one sees throughWords of bitterness and loveTender words, severe words

Me, Id like crowded roomsWhere stretched out naked on all foursEncircled by dogs and chainsTasting mysterious liquors

Drinks of life and drinks of deathCups filled to the brimI place my moist and eager lipsOn the kneeling stools therein

Me Id like a black slaveWith the white teeth, strong and cruelWhod split my shackles wideAnd wholl take me to the sky

In the damp languor of eveningMe all white, and he all blackHed bite my body, slidingWith a serpent slow... Attack

Me, Id like to be a young womanBehind glass and iron barsAs pleasure takes my every breathUntil sleep, until death

Beneath my purple-blue eyelidsYou know, I have only one thoughtTo be a woman, yes, its trueTo be a real woman